BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Find Local//findlocal.community//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f47bd874-12fe-4bc0-8152-5cd898f13ca3@findlocal.community DTSTAMP:20261012T002312Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261011T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261011T200000 SUMMARY:Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers DESCRIPTION:Bio: “Here’s to life!” Fans around the world can be found sin ging the chorus of the Roger Clyne-penned fan favorite “Mekong” and toas ting their glasses in unison to celebrate life through rock-n-roll. But the inspiration for the song dates back to the time Roger went to Taipei \, Taiwan\, as a college student to teach English during the day and bus k with his guitar at night for money. Today\, as Clyne prepares to recor d his 11th studio album\, he continues to transform his life experiences \, inspirations\, observations and his own muses into timeless music. An d whether he’s wearing his Converse high tops\, boots or sandals\, Clyne ’s blend of punk rock\, country-western and mariachi influences have mad e him\, drummer PH Naffah\, guitarist Jim Dalton and bassist Nick Scropo s – collectively known as Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers – one of America ’s best live rock-n-roll bands. Starting with the seminal Tempe quartet\ , The Refreshments\, Clyne and Naffah put the fun in rock during the 90s grunge era with a sense of humor. They also started what would become a trademark sound on all future albums by adding mariachi horns\, somethi ng Clyne was influenced by while in college studying Cultural Anthropolo gy with an ethnography study of mariachis during a three month immersion stay with a local family in Ensenada\, Mexico. The Refreshments’ debut album\, “Fizzy\, Fuzzy\, Big & Buzzy\,” became a cult classic. It produc ed the alternative radio hit “Banditos” which also had significant airpl ay on MTV and earned The Freshies an appearance on The Conan O’Brien Sho w. Clyne then penned and performed the theme song for the Mike Judge ani mated TV series\, King of Hill. In 2017\, Here’s to Life: The story of T he Refreshments\, was released. The feature-length documentary was a hit with fans and critics alike. Changes within their record label and inte rnal band issues resulted in Clyne and Naffah going on a vision quest of sorts in the Whetstone Mountains near the Clyne Ranch in Southeastern A rizona. It was there that Clyne found inspiration in the rolling hills a nd the jukeboxes of small town taverns that still played Marty Robbins a nd Johnny Cash – music he had shed from his youth in favor of bands like Camper Van Beethoven & They Might Be Giants. But after reconnecting wit h those old country records\, Clyne and Naffah wrote and recorded under a new moniker what would become Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers’ debut alb um\, “Honky Tonk Union.” The album was the perfect combination of classi c rock and twang\, and fans immediately connected with it. Their indepen dent release\, “Honky Tonk Union\,” debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s inte rnet sales chart in 1999 prompting a call from a Billboard exec to their Manager demanding\, “ Who the hell is Roger Clyne and why is he #1 on m y chart?!” beating out much better known artists RCPM released eight mor e albums that landed in the top ten of Billboard’s Internet Sales Chart\ , including a No. 1 debut for their third album\, “Americano!” – all wit hout the backing of a major record label and while flying under the rada r of commercial radio. In 2019\, Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers were indu cted into the Arizona Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame\, joining the likes of fellow Arizona legends Alice Cooper\, Buck Owens\, Glen Campbe ll\, Stevie Nicks\, Linda Ronstadt and Waylon Jennings. Later that fall\ , RCPM was invited by a man who\, like Roger\, also knows a little somet hing about tequila and throwing big parties in Mexico. The band headline d Sammy Hagar’s Cabo Wabo Cantina on the eve of Hagar’s weekend birthday celebration. Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers have curated their own annua l music festival\, Circus Mexicus\, in the sleepy beach town of Puerto P eñasco\, Mexico\, which draws thousands of fans from around the world. T he festival not only has a major impact on the local economy\, but chari ty events hosted by the band and fans alike help raise money for a local orphanage\, support local youth sports and help feed shelter animals. C lyne not only sings about life in the border-lands\, he also produces hi s own ultra-premium spirit\, Mexican Moonshine Tequila (soon to be re-na med Canción Tequila). Owned by the entire band\, it was the official teq uila at the Arizona Diamondbacks Chase stadium in 2016\, 2017 and 2018. Started in 2011\, the award-winning spirit is distributed in multiple st ates as well as Sonora\, Mexico. Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers have tour ed all over the US and achieved a faithful following through hard work a nd great music. They have done this all while being independent\, withou t the safety net of a label or a label’s radio promotion department. Dub bed “The Springsteen of the Southwest\,” by the Asbury Park Press. The b and delivers exciting live performances that garner declarations like th e one from emcee Jay Peterman of the Seinfeld TV show at Alice Cooper’s annual Christmas Pudding event\, “Young man\, you light that stage a-fla me!”\n\nTickets: https://www.axs.com/events/1329846/roger-clyne-the-peac emakers-tickets?skin=woolysdm\n\nhttps://findlocal.community/event/f47bd 874-12fe-4bc0-8152-5cd898f13ca3 LOCATION:Wooly's\, Des Moines\, IA URL:https://findlocal.community/event/f47bd874-12fe-4bc0-8152-5cd898f13ca 3 STATUS:CONFIRMED SEQUENCE:0 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR